1959 Zenith Royal 275 "Statesman", chassis 7CT40Z1
Coat pocket radio, thermoplastic cabinet
5 3/4 x 3 1/2 x 1 1/2 inches / 146 x 89 x 38 mm
Seven transistors (Zenith), vernier tuning, four 1.5-volt AA cells
Manufactured by Zenith Radio Corp.; Chicago, Illinois
A handsome Zenith coat pocket radio with a two-tone cabinet: dark blue-gray front, light blue-gray back. The 275's contemporary Royal 500E had a nylon cabinet, but this set doesn't -- neither did the 1958 Royal 200. But it does have vernier tuning, as did the 1961 Royal 400 and Royal 500H models. The words, "ALL TRANSISTOR" are stamped on the cabinet face, fully free of the pejorative connotation attached to four-transistor radios of earlier years.
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